Different faces of Turkish Islamic nationalism

Senem Aslan*

On Dec. 17, 2013, Turkish prosecutors started a corruption investigation into the activities of the sons of three ministers of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, businessmen close to the government, and bureaucrats. The corruption allegations later included then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after wiretapped telephone conversations between Erdoğan and his son about hiding large sums of cash were leaked on the Internet. The prosecutors were believed to be followers of Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic scholar who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania.